Jessica Donati

Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave

August 24, 2021 at 11:19 p.m.

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - After Farida's husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their...

New conditions appear to push U.S., Afghanistan farther from striking security deal

May 23, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan and the United States appeared even farther from a deal on Tuesday that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014 as a meeting...

Taliban attack breaks months of quiet in Kabul

September 8, 2018 at 1:23 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban attacked a convoy of foreign vehicles in Kabul on Friday with gunfire and a suicide car bomb that was heard across the Afghan capital, the...

U.S., Afghans agree most of pact, elders to make final decision

December 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have reached preliminary agreement on a bilateral security pact that now depends on the approval of...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul.

U.S., Afghans agree most of pact, elders to make final decision

November 4, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have reached preliminary agreement on a bilateral security pact that now depends on the approval of...

Afghan President Karzai’s brothers to offer him role if elected

August 24, 2021 at 9:14 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - As President Hamid Karzai's brothers began a campaign this week to take power in war-shattered Afghanistan, they left open the prospect that the incumbent will be able...

Small firms seek to move in on Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth

August 24, 2021 at 8:34 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - Few companies showed up to Afghanistan's fresh appeal for investment in its vast mineral wealth on Sunday, apparently deterred by trouble plaguing two of its largest projects...

Landmark Chinese copper deal with Afghanistan at risk

August 24, 2021 at 7:39 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - A consortium of Chinese investors has demanded a review of a landmark $3 billion deal to produce copper in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Mines said on Monday,...

Afghanistan-Pakistan soccer match bright point in tumultuous history

August 24, 2021 at 7:27 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - With the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan often marked by diplomatic fouls and offsides, it took a soccer match in Kabul to bring the neighbors together on...

Afghanistan-Pakistan football match bright point in tumultuous history

August 24, 2021 at 7:22 p.m.

KABUL (Reuters) - With the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan often marked by diplomatic fouls and offsides, it took a football match in Kabul to bring the neighbours together on...

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